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Calendar No. 527 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5954 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2018 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of the terms ‘‘act of war’’ and ‘‘blocked asset’’, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Terrorism Clari5 fication Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM ‘‘ACT OF WAR’’. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2331 of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(6) the term ‘military force’ does not include 

5 any person that— 

6 ‘‘(A) has been designated as a— 

7 ‘‘(i) foreign terrorist organization by 

8 the Secretary of State under section 219 of 

9 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

10 U.S.C. 1189); or 

11 ‘‘(ii) specially designated global ter12 rorist (as such term is defined in section 

13 594.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu14 lations) by the Secretary of State or the 

15 Secretary of the Treasury; or 

16 ‘‘(B) has been determined by the court to 

17 not be a ‘military force’.’’. 

18 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

19 section shall apply to any civil action pending on or com20 menced after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 3. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS AGAINST TERROR22 ISTS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2333 of title 18, United 

24 States Code, is amended by inserting at the end following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) USE OF BLOCKED ASSETS TO SATISFY JUDG2 MENTS OF U.S. NATIONALS.—For purposes of section 201 

3 of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 

4 1610 note), in any action in which a national of the United 

5 States has obtained a judgment against a terrorist party 

6 pursuant to this section, the term ‘blocked asset’ shall in7 clude any asset of that terrorist party (including the 

8 blocked assets of any agency or instrumentality of that 

9 party) seized or frozen by the United States under section 

10 805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 

11 (21 U.S.C. 1904(b)).’’. 

12 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

13 section shall apply to any judgment entered before, on, 

14 or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 4. CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL JU16 RISDICTION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2334 of title 18, United 

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(e) CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL

21 JURISDICTION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), for purposes of any civil action under sec24 tion 2333 of this title, a defendant shall be deemed 

25 to have consented to personal jurisdiction in such 


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1 civil action if, regardless of the date of the occur2 rence of the act of international terrorism upon 

3 which such civil action was filed, the defendant— 

4 ‘‘(A) after the date that is 120 days after 

5 the date of enactment of this subsection, ac6 cepts— 

7 ‘‘(i) any form of assistance, however 

8 provided, under chapter 4 of part II of the 

9 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2346 et seq.); 

11 ‘‘(ii) any form of assistance, however 

12 provided, under section 481 of the Foreign 

13 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291) 

14 for international narcotics control and law 

15 enforcement; or 

16 ‘‘(iii) any form of assistance, however 

17 provided, under chapter 9 of part II of the 

18 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

19 2349bb et seq.); or 

20 ‘‘(B) in the case of a defendant benefiting 

21 from a waiver or suspension of section 1003 of 

22 the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 (22 U.S.C. 

23 5202) after the date that is 120 days after the 

24 date of enactment of this subsection— 


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1 ‘‘(i) continues to maintain any office, 

2 headquarters, premises, or other facilities 

3 or establishments within the jurisdiction of 

4 the United States; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) establishes or procures any of6 fice, headquarters, premises, or other fa7 cilities or establishments within the juris8 diction of the United States. 

9 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

10 apply to any defendant who ceases to engage in the 

11 conduct described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) 

12 for 5 consecutive calendar years.’’. 

13 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

14 section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 

15 Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 527 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5954 

AN ACT 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify 

‘‘blocked asset’’, and for other purposes. the meaning of the terms ‘‘act of war’’ and 

JULY 24, 2018 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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